ABSTRACT
There are probably few social phenomena that emerged on the scene of late modernity where reality and fantasy overlap so intensively as in the case of Satanism. At present we face two contradictory discourses related to Satanism – the first is proposed by self-identified Satanists and the second is constructed by anti-Satanist circles. Both narratives function as social facts and both indicate certain social anxieties and challenges. Their presence also alludes to the complex issue of the position of identity and fantasy in late modern age.
